New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-27
DIR. HOLMES At HOME.


on a drcary sunday last -prins' received n',"
from Dr. owe, Wen ell ii"m,-, saying Conc 10
me- AT any tine alter two clock tomorrow. run
day, and shall he most happy To receive You -
shortly after dinner went to tho venerable Aulo'rAt
-de co ~ bcacDu->t ere 10 - Win a ovA
,,d i,,,, rc"cntin, ro,,n which apucard Ike "A re-
tired yslcdn's office, We sent mp our cards ann p''
cntly a -lpleot ucAl was hcHrl upon thN uto.n
staircase, AM DR. Holmes app, alri lie "aT EN-
haired, with kindly. sparkling eyes oNrthui,s
10y large, proirudlnS eyebrows SUI h'nS nr this
hand TO- my friend he ,s Sao with ih me- he sHssrst
~l going up stairs into the library ~ J." Inc i,ht
of the stairs wa the To the library, Iaig9
coscy with two @e,k' ant large U" ohmsS "'
shelves filled with ancient an modern No"st' nm, ,,n
We vaaed the bay -wmd3w-raiher nEe n ~.n
dow since ovcrlook~ the 'har wn'tT my" and
yong the water 'front.' spoke of his interest In me
sw tide lie compliance Of na y nSH HP rn w spoe
had been painted very conspicuous yellow; uu. ~
kindly of hi nclshbors who had dsl oSed OF ih1r uS'
upon hi, stating that their barking ami whining dlS-
tmbcd him. As We lat talking. ho shovel us his three
sand. ga,-c, quarter, half an an hour Eass a,'
explained that when he had especial work To perform,
he turned all three, and as each one ran onl' ne %" n
compare the work he had accomplished win thc pnai
tity sand out and II piONe'l mat No lu hoa
deal | rrfcrrrd TO a three minute glass for cooking
eggs. With "a twinkle In his eye he said that Three
rompanon remarked: You are young hou>ckceper;
YOU ought to know how long 10 cook All egg. Come;
tell us IIo then added that he liked an egg cooked
just long enough to coasuate the white and to slightly
The portrait which suggested the poem Dorothy
o. hang, the wall. the canvas maired by the
thrusts Of the British bayonts during the Revolution
Near II hangs very oil painting OF Boston divine
aud there II wcllone statucite OF the Autocrat NM
self, which he apoogzcd for ny saying that he never
though II POOR enough To put away. y revolving
bookcase stands AT ono side of the noon. IL contains
his own works In green cloth, and books particularly
useful tn him, among which are tho Bbie Milton :
Poems. ShakespcaI Roget's IhcsauruS, Bartlett ;
Quotations, and a sna dictionary
The quiet scnsbility present. In his writings Ia
noticed In his speech ami although he appeared cogni
Zant of his own celebrity, his cgUt~m charm,-
a cOntented pride. Neither robust delicate,
he seemed strong by care than 10y constitution.
Nature gave him good out lit AMI fortune has favored
him at every stcp In his career" Although nearing
his foursc0m years, his intellect Is vigorous IN
hls prime, a. may be In "Our Hundred Days In
Europe, OF which he spoke, saying Il long trip
for 40 oM u man, ann = Though he had good time no
became iati guod that he was stu resting.
lie thanked again for our visit, aud IA we closed
tho door, he called out from tho head o the stairs In
choery voice, Good - Tho next day passed
him hurrylng along from HIS house, closely butonei
up against tho chill cast wind that scus about the
Back bay and the Mlildam. then thought how grand
would bo another of years could be given "
this good and great mall